The Week Ahead
on Dec 2, 2007 at 7:00 pm
On Monday, the Court is scheduled to hear argument in Sprint/United Management v. Mendelsohn (06-1221), asking whether workers claiming discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act may introduce so-called “me, too” evidence from other workers alleging similar mistreatment. In advance of the argument, the Court is expected to release orders from the November 30 conference.
On Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hear argument in Riegel v. Medtronic (06-179), asking whether federal law preempts state lawsuits against medical devices approved by the FDA, and Snyder v. Louisiana (06-10119), asking whether a Louisiana prosecutor improperly struck black jurors from the defendant’s murder trial in light of a subsequent comparison of the case during the penalty phase to the O.J. Simpson trial.
On Wednesday, the Court is scheduled to hear argument in the consolidated cases of Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. United States (06-1196), asking whether the Constitution protects the right of alien detainees held in U.S. custody at Guantanamo to seek writs of habeas corpus in federal courts. Due to high interest in the case, the Court will release audio of the argument shortly after its conclusion.
(Full previews of the arguments listed above are available by clicking the respective case names, or by going directly to SCOTUSwiki.)
On Friday, the Justices are to hold what is scheduled to be their final private conference of 2007. Click here for our list of petitions to watch.
No petitioners’ brief are due this week. Respondents’ briefs are due Monday in Quanta v. LG Electronics (06-937), Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC (06-1037), Virginia v. Moore (06-1082), Dada v. Mukasey (06-1181), Meadwestvaco v. Ill. Dept. of Revenue (06-1413), Preston v. Ferrer (06-1643), Boulware v. United States (06-1509), United States v. Rodriquez (06-1646), Begay v. United States (06-11543), Gonzalez v. United States (06-11612), Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. (07-21) and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita (07-25), and Baze v. Rees (07-5439). Reply briefs are also due Monday to the supplemental briefs filed in Hall Street Associates v. Mattel (06-989).
